Osceola High School (Largo, Florida)

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Osceola Fundamental High School
Address
9751 98th Street North
Seminole, Florida 33777, USA
Information
School district Pinellas County School Board
Type public coeducational secondary school
Grades 9 - 12
Accreditation(s) Florida State Department of Education
Mascot Warriors
Color(s)           Blue and Orange
Yearbook The Everglade
Newspaper The Chief Edition
Established 1981
Homepage osceola-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us

Osceola Fundamental High School is a high school in Seminole, Florida operated by Pinellas County Schools.

The sports include baseball (for boys), basketball, cheerleading, cross country, flag football (for girls), football, golf, soccer, softball (for girls), spring football, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball (for girls), and wrestling.

Extra curricular activities include Student Government Association, Guitar, Interact Club, National Honor Society, Prep Club, Anime Club, Spanish Club, The Oracle, FFEA Florida Future Educators of America, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Warriors Against Crime, PMAC Principal's Multicultural Advisory Committee, Internation Thespian Society, Drama Club, Students Rights and Responsibilities, WVTV, Keyboard, Debate Team, and Academic Team

Osceola has recently become one of the top rated high schools in Pinellas County for performing arts. The school has one of the largest school stages out of all the Pinellas County high schools. The school has award winning theatre, choir, and band programs.

Osceola's Varsity Football team in 2007 was number one in the county. They played a 3-way tie breaker game between Northeast High and Bradenton Southeast. The Warriors lost to Southeast, but went into overtime against Northeast, which ended on a fake field goal ran in by senior Vincent Gianfrancesco. They played and lost to the eventual 4A state champion of Florida. Other seniors included all-stars Sergio Allen and Nick Bennett, who are now playing college football at College of the Redwoods in California, Josh Willett, Justin Hart, Tom Lewis (currently playing at the University of Central Florida). Also in the senior class were Matt Ramsey, who is playing baseball at Eckerd College, John Brielmaier, Jeremy Davis, Juan Mckinney, Billy Turner, and a few others.

Osceola High School has the smallest enrollment among the 16 public high schools in Pinellas County. Osceola currently enrolls 1,600 students.

Osceola High School's Mission:

"Osceola's High School mission is to sustain an environment where staff, students, and community work collaboratively to support all students in meeting or exceeding graduation requirements."

The school is named for Osceola, war chief of the Seminole Indians in Florida. Osceola led a small band of warriors (never more than 100) in the Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War when the United States tried to remove the Seminoles from their lands. He exercised a great deal of influence on Micanopy, the highest ranking chief of the Seminoles.

In 2008, Osceola was reported to be plagued with rampant violence and defiance.

[edit] Former Principals

  • Optimus Prime (1981-1983)
  • John McClay (1983-1989)
  • Richard Misenti (1989-1994)
  • Doug Smith (1994-2004)
  • Carol Moore (2004-present)